The Week When President Trump Resigned (“He consciously decided that he didn’t care about comforting or inspiring those Americans — a majority of them — who weren’t quick and generous enough with their clapping. He was more interested in justifying himself. So he picked division over unity, war over peace. And make no mistake: He didn’t merely shortchange the presidency. He left it vacant.”)

Steve Bannon believed in Trumpism. Donald Trump doesn’t. (“…as president of the United States, Trump is proving to be one of the weakest, most disinterested executives in memory. He seems happy — even eager — to be both operationally and ideologically marginalized inside his own administration.”)

The future looks grim for Virginia Republicans (“2009 — The last time a Republican won statewide in Virginia. Today, Virginia’s governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and U.S. senators are all Democrats, thanks to blue-voting majorities in urban and suburban eastern Virginia, especially the Northern Virginia suburbs”)

Mike Signer: Charlottesville Will Move On (“Mr. Gingrich had nothing to do with last weekend’s violence. But there is a direct line to be drawn from his nihilistic rhetoric through President Trump’s toxic tweets to the far-right sentiments expressed in Charlottesville.”)